Economy Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s Senate testimony today could revive market expectations for a mid-year interest rate hike after dovish-sounding minutes from the Fed’s January meeting suggested the move is likely to be deferred amid low inflation. Yellen is scheduled to testify before the Senate banking committee in her semi-annual report on monetary policy today, and will appear before the […]

By Vivian Atud What: The JSE closed +0.57 percent in positive territory yesterday after trading in positive territory for most of the day. The total volume traded was 14.7 billion rands. Why: With improved oil prices, the JSE was pulled up by mostly resources shares. Top winners of the day included: Growth point (JSE Code: GRT) up 3.0 percent, Naspers […]

According to My Broadband, The Internet in South Africa can be tracked back to Rhodes University in 1988; after which, a long road was travelled to bring us broadband speeds of over 100Mbps The Internet in South Africa can be tracked back to Rhodes University in 1988, when three pioneers – Francois Jacot Guilarmod, Dave Wilson and Mike Lawrie – established […]

A recent study by Atud and Associates Consulting sheds light on who are South Africa’s entrepreneurs. Understanding who South Africa’s entrepreneurs are can shed light into how the economic growth and job creation priority of government can be approached. Such insight also has a bearing on policies that can enhance the growth of entrepreneurs or understand the factors that promote […]